Genesis 42:12
“No,” he insisted,“but you have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”
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- Gen 42:7-115 verses85%
7When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he pretended to be a stranger to them and spoke to them harshly. He asked,“Where do you come from?” They answered,“From the land of Canaan, to buy grain for food.”
8Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him.
9Then Joseph remembered the dreams he had dreamed about them, and he said to them,“You are spies; you have come to see if our land is vulnerable!”
10But they exclaimed,“No, my lord! Your servants have come to buy grain for food!
11We are all the sons of one man; we are honest men! Your servants are not spies.”
- Gen 42:13-164 verses83%
13They replied,“Your servants are from a family of twelve brothers. We are the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is with our father at this time, and one is no longer alive.”
14But Joseph told them,“It is just as I said to you: You are spies!
15You will be tested in this way: As surely as Pharaoh lives, you will not depart from this place unless your youngest brother comes here.
16One of you must go and get your brother, while the rest of you remain in prison. In this way your words may be tested to see if you are telling the truth. If not, then, as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!”
- Gen 42:29-357 verses80%
29They returned to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan and told him all the things that had happened to them, saying,
30“The man, the lord of the land, spoke harshly to us and treated us as if we were spying on the land.
31But we said to him,‘We are honest men; we are not spies!
32We are from a family of twelve brothers; we are the sons of one father. One is no longer alive, and the youngest is with our father at this time in the land of Canaan.’
33“Then the man, the lord of the land, said to us,‘This is how I will find out if you are honest men. Leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for your hungry households and go.
34But bring your youngest brother back to me so I will know that you are honest men and not spies. Then I will give your brother back to you and you may move about freely in the land.’”
35When they were emptying their sacks, there was each man’s bag of money in his sack! When they and their father saw the bags of money, they were afraid.
- Gen 44:7-82 verses74%
7They answered him,“Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!
8Look, the money that we found in the mouths of our sacks we brought back to you from the land of Canaan. Why then would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?
- Gen 44:23-242 verses74%
23But you said to your servants,‘If your youngest brother does not come down with you, you will not see my face again.’
24When we returned to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
- Gen 43:6-72 verses73%
6Israel said,“Why did you bring this trouble on me by telling the man you had one more brother?”
7They replied,“The man questioned us thoroughly about ourselves and our family, saying,‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ So we answered him in this way. How could we possibly know that he would say,‘Bring your brother down’?”
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22So all of you approached me and said,“Let’s send some men ahead of us to scout out the land and bring us back word as to how we should attack it and what the cities are like there.”
- Gen 42:1-33 verses72%
1Joseph’s Brothers in Egypt When Jacob heard there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons,“Why are you looking at each other?”
2He then said,“Look, I hear that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy grain for us so that we may live and not die.”
3So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.
- Gen 42:19-213 verses72%
19If you are honest men, leave one of your brothers confined here in prison while the rest of you go and take grain back for your hungry families.
20But you must bring your youngest brother to me. Then your words will be verified and you will not die.” They did as he said.
21They said to one another,“Surely we’re being punished because of our brother, because we saw how distressed he was when he cried to us for mercy, but we refused to listen. That is why this distress has come on us!”
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5So Israel’s sons came to buy grain among the other travelers, for the famine was severe in the land of Canaan.
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32The men are shepherds; they take care of livestock. They have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.’
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21“Then you told your servants,‘Bring him down to me so I can see him.’
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31Later the older daughter said to the younger,“Our father is old, and there is no man in the country to sleep with us, the way everyone does.
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26But we replied,‘We cannot go down there. If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go, for we won’t be permitted to see the man’s face if our youngest brother is not with us.’
- Gen 43:2-32 verses71%
2When they finished eating the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them,“Return, buy us a little more food.”
3But Judah said to him,“The man solemnly warned us,‘You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.’
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4Then they said to Pharaoh,“We have come to live as temporary residents in the land. There is no pasture for your servants’ flocks because the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. So now, please let your servants live in the land of Goshen.”
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15Joseph said to them,“What did you think you were doing? Don’t you know that a man like me can find out things like this by divination?”
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18When that year was over, they came to him the next year and said to him,“We cannot hide from our lord that the money is used up and the livestock and the animals belong to our lord. Nothing remains before our lord except our bodies and our land.
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24They left and went up to the hill country, coming to the Eshcol Valley, which they scouted out.
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19They said to one another,“Here comes this master of dreams!
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12When his brothers had gone to graze their father’s flocks near Shechem,